First field metabolic rates for Dermochelys coriacea: Climate and fisheries deal a one-two punch to Pacific leatherbacks

BP Wallace, FV Paladino… - Integrative and …, 2004 - researchdiscovery.drexel.edu
Leatherback Turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, are critically endangered and their unique
physiological and life history traits make quantification of their energetic requirements crucial …

Using biomarkers to assess the migratory ecology and reproduction of the Florida green turtle (Chelonia mydas)

R Chabot - 2017 - stars.library.ucf.edu
Migratory connectivity between breeding and foraging areas is a vital component of the
ecology of a diverse collection of marine vertebrates. Habitat quality, composition, and …

Trends in reproductive indicators of green and hawksbill sea turtles over a 30-year monitoring period in the Southern Gulf of Mexico and their conservation …

MC López-Castro, E Cuevas, V Guzmán Hernández… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary From 1990 to 2021, the number of hawksbill and green turtle nests has
prominently increased thanks to the long-term protection of primary nesting sites in the …

Oxidative stress is a potential cost of synchronous nesting in olive ridley sea turtles

BG Arango, DC Ensminger, DD Moreno-Santillán… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Olive ridley sea turtles, Lepidochelys olivacea, exhibit a polymorphic reproductive behavior,
nesting solitarily or in mass aggregations termed “arribadas”, where thousands of …

Sex ratios and natal origins of green turtles from feeding grounds in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean

JPFA de Almeida, RG dos Santos… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Potential effects of climate change on living species are a widely debated topic. Species with
temperature-dependent sex determination can be particularly impacted by warmer …

Influences on Standard Metabolism in Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina)

CM Gienger, EM Urdiales - Chelonian conservation and …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract Knowledge of species-specific patterns of energy use is important for
understanding the evolution of life histories as well as for determining how species might …

[HTML][HTML] Different male vs. female breeding periodicity helps mitigate offspring sex ratio skews in sea turtles

GC Hays, AD Mazaris, G Schofield - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The implications of climate change for global biodiversity may be profound with those
species with little capacity for adaptation being thought to be particularly vulnerable to …

Maternally derived sex steroid hormones impact sex ratios of loggerhead sea turtles

EC Lockley, T Reischig, C Eizaguirre - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
An optimal sex ratio is arguably one of the most important demographic traits of species.
Rising global temperatures threaten temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) …

Linking climate and physiology at the population level for a key life-history stage of turtles

DAS Willette, JK Tucker… - Canadian Journal of …, 2005 - cdnsciencepub.com
Forthcoming climate change is expected to impact the global biota, particularly by altering
range limits. However, the roles of early life stages in affecting biogeography and the impact …

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope discrimination in soft tissues of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea): insights for trophic studies of marine turtles

JA Seminoff, TT Jones, T Eguchi, M Hastings… - Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - Elsevier
The trophic ecology of marine vertebrates has been increasingly studied via stable isotope
analysis of body tissues. However, the theoretical basis for using stable isotopes to elucidate …